through a system of tracing, legal assistance, travel arrangements, and financial support. To address the need of children w/hose family cannot be traced, the Committee recommends the State Party to increase its social workers work pool, to build the capacity of existing social workers, to strengthen already existing and to establish new public alternative care facilities, to effectively supervise and monitor alternative care institutions, and to collaborate with CSOs. To this effect, the Committee calls the State Party to consult the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. Adoption 32. The Committee appreciates the State Party for inspecting institutions that cater for orphan children twice a year and recommends the State Party to strengthen its monitoring mechanisms. In addition, the Committee recommends the State Party to promote alternative family care systems such as foster care instead of institutional care. 33. In addition, while commending the existing preference of domestic adoption over international adoption by the State Party, in cases where inter-country adoptions takes place, the Committee highly urges the State Party to supervise the practice and to ratify the Hague Convention on Protection Of Children and Co-Operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and to consult the Guideline for Action on Inter-country Adoption in Africa. F. Health and Welfare Children with disabilities 34. The Committee appreciates the State Party for establishing the National Disability Board to cater for the need of people with disability in general. However, the Committee notes that there still exist barriers on access to health services for children with disabilities. Therefore, the Committee recommends the State Party to continue its efforts to address the need of children with disability through proper implementation of its policies and by establishing orthopedic services and where services are available to ensure their accessibility and flexibility. Moreover, the Committee encourages the State Party to review existing programs essential for children with disability and to improve their coverage, effectiveness and efficiency. Health and Health Services 35. The Committee applauds the State Party for adopting the Public Health Act and the National Health Strategy. Furthermore, the Committee appreciates the State Party for the measures it has taken to ensure access to health services including in the adoption